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[PCT20] Swisslion Cycling Team | Farewell
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 09-04-2021 08:50
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Would be great to see your Berlin lead-out in green in Paris indeed 
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| redordead |
Posted on 09-04-2021 11:51
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Maybe someone takes notice and it matters in the offseason 
Nemolito wrote:
Would be great to see your Berlin lead-out in green in Paris indeed
That would be quite something indeed, but I'd settle for a stage win just fine
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| redordead |
Posted on 10-04-2021 08:32
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   Tour of the Middle East
| 05.07 - 08.07 | HC | Goals: Top 35 GC 3x; Stage win(s) |
 | Kris Boeckmans | Sprinter |  | Stepan Kurianov | Domestique |  | Aberlardo Ablenado | Free Role |  | Ivan Siric | Domestique |  | Tyron Giogieri | Free Role |  | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique |  | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | Free Role |  | Yuriy Natarov | Domestique |
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| redordead |
Posted on 14-04-2021 06:53
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 Torshavn GP
| 01.07 | C1 | Goals: Top 5; Top 15 |
 | Lahcen Saber | Co-Leader | | Stepan Kurianov | Domestique | | Kris Boeckmans | Co-Leader | | Ivan Siric | Domestique |  | Dusan Rajovic | Domestique | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique |  | Matic Groselj | Domestique | | Yuriy Natarov | Domestique |
Swisslion made the trip to a new location in the Faroe islands for the Torshavn GP. As an undulating race for the sprinters, the team brought both of their leaders in Kris Boeckmans and Lahcen Saber. But the rider in focus early on was young Ivan Siric, who managed to join the day's breakaway. He spent well over 100 km in the breakaway and as he was caught with 20 km to go, as the race behind was already splitting. Boeckmans was the only rider in the front group for Swisslion, but Saber made it back to the front group heading into the last lap. Unknowingly Stepan Kurianov had also made it there and launched an attack over the last uphill section! He was the youngest and most inexperienced of the 6 attackers. That attack was only caught with 1 km to go, but Kurianov had enough left in the tank to sprint to a 5th place finish. Quite a result for the loanee!
Saber and Boeckmans were following in the wheels to finish 12th and 18th. Perhaps they should've been more attentive in their positioning in the end, to take advantage of the free ride they were given. But at the end of the day it was a successful race for Swisslion. Mostly down to the young rider loaned in from Gjensidige Cycling Team.
Stepan Kurianov sprinting for 5th place at the end of a frantic race
Race goals:
| Top 5 | Success | Stepan Kurianov | 5th | | Top 15 | Success | Lahcen Saber | 12th |
Race score: 8/10
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 14-04-2021 07:09
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I don't want to hear any notion of your team getting relegated from you
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| redordead |
Posted on 14-04-2021 07:18
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ivaneurope wrote:
I don't want to hear any notion of your team getting relegated from you
Well hopefully we get that PCT ranking update soon, so you can hear all about it there 
And in probably every other race thread until the end of the season
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 14-04-2021 08:50
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redordead wrote:
ivaneurope wrote:
I don't want to hear any notion of your team getting relegated from you
Well hopefully we get that PCT ranking update soon, so you can hear all about it there
And in probably every other race thread until the end of the season
Want to bet about it?
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| redordead |
Posted on 14-04-2021 09:00
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ivaneurope wrote:
redordead wrote:
ivaneurope wrote:
I don't want to hear any notion of your team getting relegated from you
Well hopefully we get that PCT ranking update soon, so you can hear all about it there
And in probably every other race thread until the end of the season
Want to bet about it?
Bet what?
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| redordead |
Posted on 15-04-2021 08:34
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 Celtic Chrono
| 10.07 - 11.07 | C1 | Goals: Top 10; Top 15 |
 | Hugues Mottin | Free Role | | Izidor Penko | Free Role | | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Free Role |
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| redordead |
Posted on 16-04-2021 06:52
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Tour of the Middle East
| 05.07 - 08.07 | HC | Goals: Top 35 GC 3x; Stage win(s) |
| Kris Boeckmans | Sprinter | | Stepan Kurianov | Domestique | | Aberlardo Ablenado | Free Role | | Ivan Siric | Domestique | | Tyron Giogieri | Free Role | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique | | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | Free Role | | Yuriy Natarov | Domestique |
Race goals:
| Top 35 GC | Success | Aberlardo Ablenado | 28th | | Top 35 GC | Success | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | 30th | | Top 35 GC | Failure | Tyron Giogieri | 72th | | Stage win(s) | Failure | Kris Boeckmans | 5th (Stage 2) |
Race score: 3/10
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| redordead |
Posted on 19-04-2021 07:57
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Tour de France
| 03.07 - 23.07 | PTM | Goals: Have fun |
| Lahcen Saber | Sprinter |  | Matija Mestric | Free Role |  | Gabriel Marin | Leadout | | Matic Groselj | Free Role | | Miha Poljanec | Free Role |  | Michael Christodoulos | Free Role | | Dusan Rajovic | Free Role | | Goran Antonijevic | Free Role |
Being here with a mostly developmental squad of riders, it was no surprise that Swisslion did not garner much interest from the public. But the first week of the race was always going to be the stages the team targeted. Matic Groselj showed our colors on stage 2 with a brave breakaway, holding out until the last few kms. From there team leader Lahcen Saber sprinted to a 3rd place finish. On stage 4 the team decided to stay put and did an excellent job protecting Saber well into the final part of the stage. From there the Morrocan put himself into a great position. Picking all the right wheels and launching his final kick. Lahcen Saber is a Tour de France stage winner.
Lahcen Saber celebrating his Tour de France stage victory
Apart from gathering valuable experience Swisslion came here to give Saber a chance to add to his palmares of a Giro d'Italia stage win. And he did just that. Also add that Saber got to wear the iconic sprinter's green jersey on the following stage. Stage 5 was another day for Matic Groselj to go in the breakaway and once again he managed to keep the peloton at bay until the very final part of the stage. Saber managed another very impressive 2nd place finish and although it meant the end of his days in green, it was another fine day for the Swisslion contingent. Stages 6 and 7 were largely anonymous, but the single goal of this race has been achieved.
Lahcen Saber taking over the green jersey on stage 4
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 19-04-2021 08:25
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He might not be in green in Paris, but it was definitely a great sight to see him in green in stage five, for the whole 178.3 km 
Congratulations on the win, now let's see how many can survive the mountains to help Saber hopefully win another sprint near the end of the Tour.
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| redordead |
Posted on 20-04-2021 12:29
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Celtic Chrono
| 10.07 - 11.07 | C1 | Goals: Top 10; Top 15 |
| Hugues Mottin | Free Role | | Izidor Penko | Free Role | | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Free Role |
Race goals:
| Top 10 | Failure | Hugues Mottin | 11th | | Top 15 | Failure | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | 24th |
Race score: 4/10
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| redordead |
Posted on 21-04-2021 06:16
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 Sakartvelo Trophy
| 16.07 | C2 | Goals: Top 5; Top 10 |
| Tyron Giogieri | Co-Leader | | Yuriy Natarov | Domestique | | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | Co-Leader |  | Artur Sowinski | Stagiare | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique |  | Kees Duyvesteyn | Stagiare | | Ivan Siric | Domestique | | Jeremy Bellicaud | Stagiare |
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| redordead |
Posted on 23-04-2021 06:56
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Sakartvelo Trophy
| 16.07 | C2 | Goals: Top 5; Top 10 |
| Tyron Giogieri | Co-Leader | | Yuriy Natarov | Domestique | | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | Co-Leader | | Artur Sowinski | Stagiare | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique | | Kees Duyvesteyn | Stagiare | | Ivan Siric | Domestique | | Jeremy Bellicaud | Stagiare |
With a start list released the day before the race, Swisslion were buoyed by the fact that they could achieve a very good result in Georgia. So the team was ever present from the very start in controlling the race. With the breakaway caught on the final climb, it was time to see what options the team had. Unfortunately an attack from Fabbro soon occurred and Swisslion were on the back foot. Both Gilanipoor and Giogieri were favourites for the race, but that strength turned into a weakness. The other teams selfishly relied on the Iranian to do the chasing, thus eliminating him from having the strength to attack in the end. The lack of cooperation also meant that Fabbro was never caught, as he soloed to the win. Giogieri mamaged to finish 5th, with Gilanipoor 15th. Another race that leaves Swisslion thinking, what might have been, if things had been different.
Tireless work by Abolfazl Gilanipoor chasing the race leader
Race goals:
| Top 5 | Success | Tyron Giogieri | 5th | | Top 10 | Failure | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | 15th |
Race score: 6/10
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 23-04-2021 12:27
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I will keep reminding you that you won't be relegated 
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| redordead |
Posted on 23-04-2021 12:57
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Plenty of room for both of us to go down
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| redordead |
Posted on 24-04-2021 19:39
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 Kenya Mountain Classic
| 19.07 | C1 | Goals: Top 10; Top 25 |
 | Eduard Alexander Beltran | Leader | | Stepan Kurianov | Domestique | | Aberlardo Ablenado | Domestique | | Ivan Siric | Domestique | | Tyron Giogieri | Domestique | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique | | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | Domestique | | Yuriy Natarov | Domestique |
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Edited by redordead on 30-04-2021 06:24
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 25-04-2021 06:33
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Shame to see Gilanipoor have to do all the work in Sakartvelo himself, he looked so strong in the report and I was cheering him on! Hope he pulls out another epic solo win one day for you
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| redordead |
Posted on 29-04-2021 06:38
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Tour de France
| 03.07 - 23.07 | PTM | Goals: Have fun |
| Lahcen Saber | Sprinter | | Matija Mestric | Free Role | | Gabriel Marin | Leadout | | Matic Groselj | Free Role | | Miha Poljanec | Free Role | | Michael Christodoulos | Free Role | | Dusan Rajovic | Free Role | | Goran Antonijevic | Free Role |
Week 2 had no flat stages, so it only meant one thing for Swisslion. Breakaways, breakaways and some more breakaways!
Swisslion put two riders in the breakaway on stage 10 with Matija Mestric and Miha Poljanec. Both riders gave it a good effort, with Poljanec holding out for a while on the final climb. He finished 39th on the mountain stage. A very impressive result for the rouleur by trade. Matic Groselj was in the break on stage 11, another rouleur in a mountain stage. Stage 12 was for Michael Christodoulos as the Cypriot got involved and just got dropped on the 2nd climb of the day. Stage 13 was another tag team effort, this time by Poljanec and Groselj. None of these breakaways resulted in, well results. But plenty of TV time for the young riders, on stages that aren't really their forte.
Matija Mestric and Miha Poljanec attacking on stage 10
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